Georgia’s judicial watchdog agency issued a directive Friday chiding state Court of Appeals candidates against making partisan comments or seeking endorsements that might conflict with a judge’s nonpartisan duties.

The Judicial Qualifications Commission said it issued the warning because it was made aware of recent statements involving a judicial candidate implying that another candidate “is so affiliated with a particular political party that voters should consider the candidate to be running as a candidate of that party or endorse that party.”

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